"Leader, I have a suggestion." General Mora, who was sitting next to Franco, mentioned it lightly.
Since the Spanish army had previously participated in civil wars, in civil wars, no matter how victorious their generals were, they could not be called famous generals.
A truly recognized famous general must be a general who defeats foreign enemies for the benefit of his country in foreign wars. Only those who defeat foreign generals are qualified to be called famous generals.
General Mora is a Spanish general who has outstanding achievements, but cannot be rated as a famous general.
In the civil war, Mora defeated either alone or with his allies, killing and capturing more than 300,000 Spanish Republican soldiers.
This is a huge achievement, but in the end it is just a family fight, and the result cannot be brought to the table.
This time, if troops are really sent in accordance with Germany's request, then Mora, the most likely general in Spain to become a famous general, will have the opportunity to truly become Spain's first famous general recognized by the world in modern times!
"What, do you want to join the war?" Franco guessed that Mora wanted to seize the opportunity and persuaded him to accept Germany's suggestion and send troops.
Because of this, Mora can naturally become the leading general this time, and then join the ranks of world-famous generals in one fell swoop.
"Yes, we must accept the Allies' demands on us." Mora expressed his views without any concealment.
Franco himself knew this, and they did not have the confidence to refuse.
However, Franco, who had always been in love and speculation, really did not want to send all the weights in his hands to the Allied camp at this time.
He originally planned to maneuver between the two major military groups centered on Britain and Germany, depending on the situation, and taking advantage of the contradictions between Britain, the United States, Germany, and Italy to gain benefits from them.
At the beginning, when Spain had just ended its civil war and Franco initially took power, Britain and France continued to provide economic assistance to Spain in order to prevent Franco from getting closer to the Axis powers and win Spain to remain neutral in the war.
At that time, Franco, who had just relied on Germany and Italy to send troops to help him gain power, turned around and took advantage of Britain and France to win over him and use Britain and France to prevent Germany and Italy from controlling him after the Spanish Civil War.
For this reason, Franco even deliberately placed the name of the German SS deputy commander Steve, who was going to attend, behind Pétain, who happened to be serving as the French ambassador to Spain at the time, at a grand military parade in Madrid.
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This matter has made Steve, who has always been easy to talk to, think about it for several years. After Petain himself surrendered to Germany, Steve specifically asked Ross, the minister of the German secret police, to help contact him during a military parade in Paris.
Invite Pétain to watch, and then put your attendance name in front of Pétain.
In addition, Franco also declared war on Germany by Britain and France, and immediately declared Spain to be a neutral country, free from both warring parties, sometimes close to Germany and Italy, sometimes applauding Britain and France. When Germany tried to urge Spain to join
When the Axis powers entered the war, Franco cautiously refused. He wrote a long letter with roughly the same content to Reinhardt and Mussolini respectively, meaning that if the German heads of state and the Italian leaders could come up with
As soon as there is evidence that Germany and Italy will win, Spain will immediately join the war between the German and Italian steel groups.
In response to this kind of letter, Reinhard certainly did not hesitate to reply generously, saying, "Whether Italy can win or not, he doesn't know, but the powerful Third Reich will definitely win under the wise leadership of my head of state."
Mussolini also maintained a striking similarity in brain circuits with Reinhardt, and wrote back, "Germany may fail, but Italy under the personal leadership of this leader will definitely be invincible."
As a result, even after both leaders gave Franco "evidence" that they would win, Franco still did not join the war that Germany and Italy expected him to join.
However, at that time, Reinhard didn't care whether Spain came or not. Anyway, he was completely sure that he would win step by step.
But now, faced with the Soviet-German war that directly led to the collapse of the Third Reich in history, Reinhardt could no longer sit back and watch Spain watch the excitement.
At this time, Franco finally stopped wandering between Britain, France and Germany. After all, both Britain and France had been easily defeated by Germany one after another.
But he also wanted to keep a line in front of the Soviet Union so that they could meet again in the future.
In Franco's eyes, there is really no certain outcome as to which side will win between the Soviet Union and the multinational coalition of the Allied Powers.
On the surface, no matter how much Franco felt that the German side was bound to win, he still forced himself to calm down and not to be so excited that he completely pinned his fate on the German Reinhardt.
On war policy.
At the beginning, the British and French sides were not so aggressive that Franco felt that they had a good chance of winning. But within two months of fighting the Germans, they were beaten as embarrassed as a drowned dog.
"What if the coalition organized by Germany loses and the Soviet army invades Europe? At that time, what should we do?"
When Franco said these words to Maura, there was no trace of blame or sarcasm.
After all, Mora was also an important general who followed Franco from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Before the intervention of the German and Italian troops, even when Franco's camp was in the most difficult time, Mora was still fighting for Franco.
Command the troops to resist with all their heart.
For his confidant, Franco actually just wanted to consult and understand Mora's inner views and suggestions.
As for Mora's desire to become a world-famous general, Franco has no need to object.
Having a world-famous general under his command is also a good thing for him.
Facing Franco's inquiry, Mora nodded, then stood up from his position and said seriously: "In my opinion, it is not difficult to leave room for retreat."
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Franco originally thought that Mora simply wanted to command the expeditionary force, but he didn't expect that he actually had a good idea.
After receiving Franco's continued consultation, Mora immediately elaborated: "Externally, we only announced that Spain has changed from a neutral country to a non-belligerent country. In this way, if Germany ultimately loses the war with the Soviet Union, we can also ask the Soviet government
Emphasizing that "Spain's sending of volunteers does not mean joining the war on the side of Germany."
Mora paused and smiled: "Since the allies of the Allied Powers have asked us to bring out 11 German weapon divisions, then we will bring out these troops. However, not in the name of the Spanish Army, but in the name of the Volunteer Army
In the name of..."
Using the name of volunteers to participate in other countries' wars is a common method in Europe and is no longer novel. However, it works!
